# Aquanode Docs > Documentation for the Aquanode GPU cloud platform: deploy VMs, manage backups and snapshots, compare GPU providers and pricing, and use the API. See https://docs.aquanode.io/llms-full.txt for the full documentation content in a single file. ## Getting Started - [Overview](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/cli): aq, the Aquanode control CLI - rent a GPU, provision it, and get a shell in one command. - [How It Works](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/how-it-works): What actually happens when you launch a pod, stop it, and bring it back on a different provider. - [Aquanode](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs): Build a GPU box once and keep it. Run it on any provider we support, or hardware you already own, stop it, and start right where you left off. - [Quickstart](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/quickstart): Launch your first pod, connect to it, do some work, and stop paying for it. - [Endpoints](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/endpoints): Deploy a workload that scales to zero and answers a call when one comes in. - [Jobs](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/jobs): Run a command on a GPU, once, to completion. - [What a pod is](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/pods): A pod is a GPU plus the config to run it. It holds an Environment (what you installed) and a Volume (what you made). The GPU is rented. The pod is yours. ## Account - [API Keys](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/account/api-keys): Create API keys for programmatic access to Aquanode. Deploy and manage machines from CI/CD pipelines and your own integrations. - [SSH Keys](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/account/ssh-keys): Add and manage the SSH keys used to access your machines. Every machine deployment requires a registered SSH key. Add yours once and reuse it across machines. - [Teams](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/account/teams): Collaborate on Aquanode. Create teams, invite members with a shareable link, and manage roles so your whole team can share deployments and balance. ## Api - [Marketplace API](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/api/marketplace): A free, public, unauthenticated endpoint that returns live GPU rental pricing and availability across nine cloud providers. ## Cli - [Bring your own box](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/cli/bring-your-own-box): Use a box you already lease with Aquanode's pods, with or without ever giving us an account. - [aq import](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/cli/import): Capture a box you rent elsewhere - RunPod, Vast, your own hardware - into a new Aquanode Volume. - [Install the CLI](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/cli/install): Install aq, the Aquanode control CLI, and verify the install. - [CLI Quickstart](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/cli/quickstart): Check live GPU prices with no account, then pair aq to your account, rent a GPU, and get a shell on it. - [Command Reference](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/cli/reference): Every aq command: auth, deploy & connect, environment & volume, pod lifecycle, idle policy, and jobs. ## Cloud Features - [GPU Types](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/cloud-features/gpu-types): Compare GPU models available across all Aquanode providers - [Multi-Provider GPU Compute Marketplace](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/cloud-features/multi-provider-marketplace): Compare the 11 GPU compute providers Aquanode integrates. Voltage Park, Verda (formerly DataCrunch), Akash, Hot Aisle, Hyperstack, Vast.ai, Vultr, Massed Compute, Cudo Compute (retired), SimplePod, and RunPod. - [Pricing](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/cloud-features/pricing): GPU pricing models and on-demand rates across all Aquanode providers ## Compatibility - [Supported GPU Providers](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/compatibility/supported-gpu-providers): Aquanode integrates multiple providers to ensure reliable, cost-efficient, and flexible GPU compute. Provider selection is handled automatically based on availability, pricing, and performance requirements. ## Endpoints - [Calling an endpoint](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/endpoints/calling): Mint a token, call the endpoint's URL, and read the result back. - [Scaling](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/endpoints/scaling): How many instances an endpoint runs, when it scales to zero, and what keeping one warm costs. ## Jobs - [Checkpoints and failover](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/jobs/checkpoints-and-failover): What happens when a provider takes your machine away mid-run. - [Jobs from the CLI](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/jobs/cli): aq job: run, list, follow, cancel, pull, and re-run. ## Metrics - [Metrics](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/metrics/metrics): Monitor GPU utilization, memory usage, and temperature in real-time for your deployments. ## Pods - [Environment](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/pods/environment): Everything outside /workspace: the base image, what you installed, and the startup script. Saved as a new version when you Stop the pod and something changed. - [Launching a pod](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/pods/launching): Pick an Environment, pick or attach a Volume, pick a machine or let us pick, and launch. - [Sharing an environment](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/pods/sharing): Share one Environment version as a link. The recipient gets the packages you installed, and optionally a frozen copy of your files at the time you shared. - [Stop, start, and move](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/pods/stop-start): Stop the hourly charge without losing anything. Start again on whatever card is free. Move to another GPU without ever losing the box in between. ## Storage - [Aquanode Storage (S3)](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/storage/object-storage): Aquanode-managed object storage backing every Environment and Volume. S3-backed, provisioned for you, with nothing to set up. - [Volumes](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/storage/volumes): A Volume is /workspace: your code, checkpoints, and datasets, owned by your team and usable by any of your pods. Only one running pod writes it at a time. ## Support - [FAQ](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/support/faq): Answers to common questions about Aquanode's GPU providers, pricing, security, billing, and how to get started. - [Troubleshooting](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/support/troubleshooting): Fixes for common Aquanode issues: login problems, empty dashboards, failed machine or model deployments, save errors, and billing discrepancies. ## Templates - [ComfyUI](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/templates/comfyui): Deploy ComfyUI, the node-based Stable Diffusion UI, as a built-in Environment on a GPU machine. Aquanode provisions and starts it for you behind a private, password-protected URL. - [Torch + Jupyter](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/templates/jupyter): Deploy JupyterLab with PyTorch preinstalled as a built-in Environment on a GPU machine. Aquanode provisions and starts it for you behind a private, password-protected URL. ## Virtual Machines - [Browser Terminal](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/virtual-machines/browser-terminal): Open a root shell on a running machine from the console, without an SSH client, and understand which providers support it and why the others don't. - [Machines](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/virtual-machines/running-vm): A Machine is the rented GPU box behind a pod: full root access, direct GPU access, and the flexibility to install anything you need. - [Startup Scripts](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/virtual-machines/startup-scripts): Create reusable startup scripts to automate your machine initialization: install packages, configure your environment, and start services automatically on every boot. - [VM Templates](https://docs.aquanode.io/docs/virtual-machines/vm-templates): Launch a pre-configured VM in seconds, no setup needed.